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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 5: The Script, pages 100-122.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who comforts Polly when her baby is being taken to be killed?
(a) Chief.
(b) Miss Ethel Hook.
(c) Loola.
(d) The Arch Vicar.

2. Where does the granddaughter of William Tallis live?
(a) Murcia, California.
(b) Ohio.
(c) Germany.
(d) Japan.

3. What kind of primate represents the greatest among man, according to the narrator?
(a) The lemur.
(b) The baboon.
(c) The gorilla.
(d) The chimpanzee.

4. Who kidnaps Dr. Poole?
(a) Three men.
(b) Three baboons.
(c) Miss Ethel Hook.
(d) The Chief.

5. What does the Arch Vicar tell Dr. Poole about his scientist friends?
(a) They were wounded trying to find him, and there will be no rescue.
(b) They are coming for him now, and he must make a choice as to where to go.
(c) They are all dead from gamma radiation.
(d) They were malnourished and fell to a pack of wolves.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who decides to drive to Cottonwood Ranch to find William Tallis?

2. Why did William Tallis write "Ape and Essence"?

3. According to the Arch Vicar, what makes men into cowards, saints, and humans?

4. What is the subject of the song the female baboon sings?

5. Why was Dr. Poole buried up to his waist by the gravediggers?

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